1/5

posted Feb-14-2012

This is a SCAM SITE. They trade under various different names including Allposters.co.uk (check out the reviews for Allposters, not surprising they have to invent new names to trade under). In Europe, they trade from Holland – this information is not easily available on their site; they have co.uk domains for their various trade names, and UK telephone numbers, making you believe you are buying from a UK company. Their ‘satisfaction guaranteed’ returns policy omits to tell you that you have to return and track the item at your own expense to Holland – for large framed posters, this will cost more than you paid for the poster. And why would you want to return the item? The quality is extremely poor. They do not sell proper prints. Rather than buying a ‘print’, I suggest you do this: 1) go onto their site and select a picture; 2) do a screen grab of the picture; 3) open the screen grab in MS paint and select the image; 4) save the selection as a JPEG; 5) print the JPEG on your own printer. The print quality from your home printer will be better than what they supply. The framing is also horrible and a total rip-off.
These guys trade under various names and also through Amazon – so beware. If you are buying prints on the internet check the small print; if the company has ‘International BV’ in tiny print at the bottom of the page, it is these guys. AVOID!

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1/5

posted Feb-12-2012

TOTAL SCAM! The quality is awful. My printer could have done a better job. Framing a total joke. Despite buying from 'art.co.uk' (also known as allposters.co.uk / art.com / allposters.com) the company ships from the Netherlands. They obscure this very well on their website. You have to pay for the tracked return - for a 80 by 70 cm framed poster the cost of the return would be £80 (the original cost of the shipment was £150). So if I return it, I'll be significantly out of pocket. Not sure its worth throwing good money after bad; not entirely convinced a refund will appear... will let you know. I'm usually quite careful with internet shopping, but these guys have scammed me proper.

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4/5

posted Oct-17-2011

Ordered a 'woven satin dress' and knew it was a risk ordering from China. Realised that there may be import duty, and they make it clear that this must be paid by the buyer. They were very fast in making the dress and shipping it. However, I got charged duty, VAT, and handling fees, which was much more than I anticipated (shipping to UK). This is worth bearing in mind if you are on a tight budget.

Now for the dress. Looks like the picture, fully lined, great fit, and the sewing is good. However, the fabric was disappointing and not as advertised; this was such a shame as the dress was lovely. I complained about the fabric and was offered a full refund/new dress, or 50% refund and I could keep the dress. I was impressed that they refunded the money very quickly; shame about the fabric, but can't fault how they acted to resolve the problem.

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